Biden Problems

 

Biden Problems 11/12/21

Biden inflation - Annual inflation jumped to 6.2 percent in October, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department, reaching the highest level in more than 30 years. Prices rose 0.9 percent last month alone, marking the third straight month of accelerating inflation.  

 Food prices rose 5.3 percent in the year leading into last month, according to the Labor Department, energy prices soared 30 percent, and gasoline prices jumped a whopping 49.6 percent in the same time.

hehill.com/policy/finance/581222-gop-sees-inflation-as-winning-issue

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The equipment left behind in Afghanistan

The equipment left behind includes 650,000 weapons, including 350,000 M4 and M16 rifles, 65,000 machine guns, 25,000 grenade launchers, and 2,500 mortars and howitzers, Andrzejewski said.

The watchdog found the United States provided 75,000 military vehicles including 50,000 light-  and medium-tactical vehicles, 22,000 Humvees, and 928 mine-resistant vehicles to Afghanistan since 2001.

Andrzejewski detailed other military equipment provided to the Afghan National Army and security forces.

It included 110 Black Hawk helicopters, which cost $21 million each; 20 A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft, which cost $21.3 million each; and 7 C-208 light attack airplanes at $12.1 million each. Those airplanes, he noted, are very sophisticated and carry anti-tank missiles and Hellfire missiles.

Other U.S.-funded surveillance and reconnaissance equipment included six Aerostat surveillance balloons, valued at $8.9 million each; eight ScanEagle drones valued at $1.4 million each; and over 16,000-night-vision devices valued at approximately $80 million.